2025 UCI Road World Championships

2025 UCI Road World Championships

Kigali
Venue	Kigali
Date(s)	(2025-09-21 - 2025-09-28)21–28 September 2025
Coordinates	1°56′38″S30°3′34″E / 1.94389°S 30.05944°E / -1.94389; 30.05944
Events	13
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The 2025 UCI Road World Championships will be the 98th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It is scheduled from 21 to 28 September 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda. It will be the first UCI Road World Championships hosted in Africa. ^{[1] [2]}

A total of thirteen events are planned, consisting of six road races, six individual time trials, and a team time trial mixed relay. This will be the first year with a standalone women's U23 race; previously, the U23 winner was simply the highest-placed rider under 23 in the women's elite race. ^[3]

Course

The route was announced during the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. The road races take place on a 15.1 kilometres (9.4 mi) circuit around Kigali, with a different number of laps for different events. The elite men's race also includes an extra 42.5 kilometres (26.4 mi) extension that climbs the Mur du Kigal. ^[4] Kigali sits at an altitude of 1850 metres; the high altitude combined with the amount of climbing led multiple cycling publications to call the route one of the most difficult in the history of the world championships. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Schedule

All times listed below are for the local time – Central Africa Time or UTC+02:00.

Road races

Date	Timings [7]		Event	Location (start)	Location (finish)	Distance [7]	Laps [a]
25 September	13:05	16:30	Under-23 women	Kigali	Kigali	119.3 km (74.1 mi)	8
26 September	08:00	11:15	Junior men			119.3 km (74.1 mi)	8
	12:00	16:25	Under-23 men			164.6 km (102.3 mi)	11
27 September	08:20	10:40	Junior women			74.6 km (46.4 mi)	5
	12:05	16:45	Elite women			164.6 km (102.3 mi)	11
28 September	09:45	16:45	Elite men	267.5 km (166.2 mi)	15 + 1* [b]

Mixed event

Date	Timings [7]		Event	Location (start)	Location (finish)	Distance [7]	Laps [c]
24 September	12:30	17:00	Mixed team relay	Kigali		42.4 km (26.3 mi)	2

Individual time trials

Date	Timings [7]		Event	Location (start)	Location (finish)	Distance [7]
21 September	10:10	12:55	Elite women	Kigali	Kigali	31.2 km (19.4 mi)
	13:45	16:50	Elite men			40.6 km (25.2 mi)
22 September	10:35	12:45	Under-23 women			22.6 km (14.0 mi)
	13:35	16:30	Under-23 men			31.2 km (19.4 mi)
23 September	10:45	12:45	Junior women			18.3 km (11.4 mi)
	14:00	16:30	Junior men			22.6 km (14.0 mi)

Medal summary

Elite events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Events
Men's road race details
Men's time trial details
Women's Events
Women's road race details
Women's time trial details
Mixed Event
Mixed relay details

Under-23 events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Under-23 Events
Men's under-23 road race details
Men's under-23 time trial details
Women's Under-23 Events
Women's under-23 road race details
Women's under-23 time trial details

Junior events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Juniors Events
Men's junior road race details
Men's junior time trial details
Women's Juniors Events
Women's junior road race details
Women's junior time trial details

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Rwanda)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Totals (0 entries)		0	0	0	0

Notes

1. This denotes the number of laps of the 15.1 km (9.4 mi) circuit, beginning and ending at the Kigali convention center.
2. 9 laps of the Kigali circuit, then an extension circuit that climbs the Mur du Kigal, ending with 6 more laps in Kigali.
3. This denotes the number of laps of the 21.2 km (13.2 mi) circuit; the first lap is completed by three male riders, with the second lap completed by three female riders. ^[8]

References

1. "About Kigali 2025 - UCI Kigali 2025". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
2. "UCI Road World Championships: Rwanda selected as first African hosts in 2025". BBC Sport. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
3. Fletcher, Patrick (12 February 2022). "UCI confirms U23 women's category for 2022 Road World Championships, with standalone races from 2025". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
4. Farrand, Stephen (26 September 2024). "With 5,475m of climbing, 2025 Road World Championships in Rwanda to be one of hardest ever". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
5. Cotton, Jim (27 September 2024). "Hardest Road Worlds Ever? Rwanda Reveals Crushing Climb-Loaded Courses for 2025 UCI World Championships". Velo. Archived from the original on 29 January 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
6. Boermans, Hendrik (26 September 2024). "UCI presents brutally tough 2025 World Championships in Rwanda: 5,500 (!) meters of climbing, including climbing time trial". IDL Procycling. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
7. "Race program & schedule". UCI Kigali 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
8. "Team Time Trial". UCI Kigali 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

External links

• Official website